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s

t

a

n

c

e



o

r



r

e

f

e

r

r

a

l



t

o



157

a



r

e

p

u

t

a

b

l

e



w

o

r

k

e

r

s



c

o

m

p

e

n

s

a

t

i

o

n



a

t

t

o

r

n

e

y

158

,



c

a

l

l



o

u

r



s

t

a

f

f



a

t



t

h

e



C

E

A



o

f

f

i

c

e

:



5

6

2

-

4

159

3

3

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6

9

8

3

.









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a

n



t

h

e



C

i

t

y



160

D

e

n

y



Y

o

u

r



U

s

e



o

f



V

a

c

161

a

t

i

o

n

?









162

Alm

ost

all

per

man

ent

publ

ic

emp

loye

es

are

prov

ided

mon

thly

allot

men

ts of

vaca

tion

time









.

So,

it

follo

163

ws

that

you

sho

uld

be

able

to

USE

your

vaca

tion

time

,

doe

sn’t

it?

In

the

“old

days

” –

befo

re

mos

t

publ

ic

age

ncie

s

wer

e

und

erst

affe

164

d --

ever

yon

e

see

med

to

agre

e on

the

basi

c

prin

cipl

e

that

vaca

tion

s

are

goo

d

for

bot

h

labo

r

and

man

age

men

t.

Emp

loye

es

who

165

take

time

to

rest

and

“rec

reat

e”

are,

ulti

mat

ely,

mor

e

pro

duct

ive

emp

loye

es.

Tod

ay,

how

ever

,

incr

easi

ng

num

bers

of

peo

ple

are

havi

166

ng

diffi

cult

y

sche

duli

ng

vaca

tion

time

off.

Som

etim

es

this

pro

ble

m is

self-

imp

ose

d.

Res

pon

sible

emp

loye

es

hav

e so

muc

h

wor

k to

do

167

that

they

are

relu

ctan

t to

leav

e it,

eith

er

for

fear

that

som

ethi

ng

cata

stro

phic

may

hap

pen

in

thei

r

abs

enc

e or

fear

that

the

wor

k

load

will

be

168

intol

erab

le

whe

n

the

retu

rn.

But

som

etim

es,

it is

caus

ed

by

Man

ager

s,

who

are

resp

onsi

ble

for

acco

mpli

shin

g

the

sam

e

num

ber

of

task

169

s,

des

pite

a

dimi

nish

ing

wor

kfor

ce.

The

end

resu

lt is

the

sam

e:

you

are

prov

ided

a

neg

otia

ted

ben

efit,

but

not

reall

y

able

to

use

it



170

Ther

e

are

a

wid

e

rang

e of

solu

tion

s to

the

pro

ble

m.

Obvi

ousl

y, if

YOU

are

the

one

telli

ng

your

self

that

“yo

u

can’

t

take

a

vaca

tion,



171

you

can

eith

er

just

cha

nge

your

min

d

and

take

one,

or

you

can

eng

age

in

som

e

disc

ussi

on

with

Man

age

men

t

abo

ut

the

stru

ctur

e of

your

172

job

whi

ch

leav

es

you

so

bur

den

ed.

Trul

y,

no

one

is

indi

spe

nsa

ble;

the

pro

ble

m

CAN

BE

wor

ked

out.

If

you

nee

d

assi

stan

ce

talki

173

ng

to

the

City,

feel

free

to

call

your

asso

ciati

on

staff

.





If

the

pro

ble

m is

that

som

eon

e

abo

ve

you

won

’t let

you

use

your

vaca

tion,

you

174

may

hav

e a

legit

imat

e

grie

van

ce.

You

DO

hav

e

the

righ

t to

take

leav

e

time

,

des

pite

the

fact

that

mos

t

MO

Us

say

that

that

sche

duli

ng

175

will

be

bas

ed

on

the

mut

ual

agre

eme

nt

of

the

emp

loye

e

and

sup

ervi

sor.

If

you

rout

inel

y

put

in

for

time

off,

but

are

deni

ed,

this

is

176

not

“mu

tual

agre

eme

nt!”

Feel

free

to

call

your

unio

n

rep

for

assi

stan

ce,

but

mak

e

sure

you

hav

e

kept

goo

d

reco

rds.

Man

ager

s

nor

mall

y

177

den

y

the

seve

rity

of

this

pro

ble

m.









One



Sol

utio

n: A

Vac

atio

n

Bid

din

g

Sys

tem

One

of

the

solu

tion

s to

vaca

178

tion

sche

duli

ng

pro

ble

ms

is to

com

e up

with

a

bidd

ing

syst

em.

The

se

are

rout

inel

y

use

d in

Tran

spor

tati

on

or

Poli

ce

Dep

art

men

ts,

whe

179

re

sche

duli

ng is

very

tigh

t

and

/or

ope

rati

ons

mus

t be

mai

ntai

ned

24

hou

rs a

day.

This

kind

of a

syst

em,

usu

ally

bas

ed

on

seni

orit

y,

req

uire

180

s

that

peo

ple

desi

gnat

e

thei

r

vaca

tion

“pic

ks”

well

in

adv

anc

e.

Ther

e

are

ofte

n

disp

utes

abo

ut

ope

rati

ons

of

bidd

ing

syst

ems

, but

181

they

DO

mak

e

sure

that

ever

yon

e

gets

som

e

time

off.

(It is

perf

ectl

y

lega

l for

man

age

men

t to

“bla

ck

out”

cert

ain

time

s of

the

mon

th

or

182

year

for

vaca

tion

s.

But

it is

not

lega

l for

the

m

to

blac

k

out

so

muc

h

time

that

you

can

NEV

ER

take

time

off…

)

An

oth

er

Sol

utio

n:

183

Vac

atio

n

“Pa

y

Out

s”

Ano

ther

“sol

utio

n”

doe

sn’t

solv

e

the

time

off

pro

ble

m at

all,

but

it

doe

s

ens

ure

emp

loye

rs

com

pen



184

sate

emp

loye

es

for

the

vaca

tion

they

don’

t get

to

take

.

This

is by

allo

win

g

year

ly

“pa

y-

outs

” of

time

whi

ch

has

pile

d up

in

your

leav

e

ban

185

k

unu

sed.

Man

age

men

t

can

agre

e to

allo

w

som

e

pay-

outs

as

the

resu

lt of

a

grie

van

ce

whe

re

emp

loye

es

prov

e

that

they

hav

e

186

bee

n

deni

ed

the

righ

t to

use

vaca

tion.

Or,

a

pay-

out

syst

em

can

be

neg

otia

ted

as

part

of

cont

ract

barg

aini

ng.

Usu

ally

such

a

prog

ram

req

187

uire

s

that

emp

loye

es

use

som

e of

thei

r

leav

e

befo

re

they

can

cash

out

the

rem

aind

er.

It

also

usu

ally

req

uire

s

som

e

sort

of

sup

ervi

188

sory

agre

eme

nt

that

the

emp

loye

e

has

had

legit

imat

e

diffi

cult

y in

sche

duli

ng

time

off.

You

r

Vac

atio

n

Tim

e is

You

r

Pro

per

ty

189

By

law,

onc

e

you

hav

e

accr

ued

vaca

tion,

it

bec

ome

s

your

pro

pert

y.

Wh

en

you

leav

e

the

emp

loye

r

you

mus

t be

paid

for

that

accr

ued

190

leav

e.

To

limit

this

“lia

bilit

y,”

emp

loye

rs

esta

blis

h

limit

s or

“cap

s”

on

the

amo

unt

of

leav

e

time

you

may

accr

ue.

(Bot

h

the

amo

unt

of

191

mon

thly

accr

uals

and

the

“cap

s”

are

neg

otia

ble,

by

the

way

…)

It is

lega

l for

you

r

emp

loye

r to

disc

onti

nue

you

r

mo

nthl

y

accr

uals

whe

n

192

you

reac

h

the

cap.

This

is

why

som

e

agre

eme

nt

on

ann

ual

“cas

h-

outs



may

be

imp

orta

nt

to

you

and

your

co-

wor

kers

.

Bec

aus

193

e

vaca

tion

is

trea

ted

muc

h

like

pro

pert

y

und

er

the

law,

if

the

City

fails

to

enfo

rce

the

cap

and

allo

ws

peo

ple

to

accr

ue

mor

e

hou

194

rs

than

the

poli

cy

prov

ides

for,

thos

e

hou

rs

bec

ome

the

pro

pert

y of

the

emp

loye

e.

You

mus

t be

allo

wed

to

use

the

m

or

cash

the

m

out

195

whe

n

you

leav

e.

The

City

can

also

req

uire

that

you

use

the

exce

ss

leav

e or

acce

pt

pay

men

t for

it.

But,

they

can

not

insti

tute

a

“use

it or

lose

it”

196

poli

cy

for

accr

ued

vaca

tion

whi

ch is

und

er

the

neg

otia

ted

“cap

.”









Cal

PE

RS

Re

po

rts

Be

st

Inv

est

me

197

nt

Re

tur

ns

in

14

Ye

ars

Calif

orni

a’s

eco

no

my

may

be

stag

nan

t,

but

the

stoc

k

mar

ket

is

coo

king

!

Last

mo

nth,

198

CalP

ERS

rep

orte

d a

20.6

5%

gain

in

its

inve

stm

ents



the

larg

est

incr

eas

e in

14

year

s.

Eve

n

PER

S’

real

esta

te

port

foli

o

rose

10.2

%,

199

alth

oug

h

resi

den

tial

hou

sing

pric

es

are

still

slip

ping

.



Alth

oug

h

thes

e

nu

mbe

rs

say

som

ethi

ng

abo

ut

the

curi

ous

“dis

con



200

nect



bet

wee

n

reali

ty

and

the

stoc

k

mar

ket,

they

are

rele

vant

to

publ

ic

emp

loye

e

unio

ns.

This

is

bec

aus

e

emp

loye

rs’

PER

S



201

cont

ribu

tion

s

are

red

uce

d

whe

n

PER

S

stoc

k

mar

ket

inco

me

rise

s.

Thr

oug

hou

t

the

’90s

man

y

age

ncie

s

mad

e no

PER

S



202

cont

ribu

tion

s at

all

bec

aus

e

the

Fun

d’s

inve

stm

ents

wer

e

doin

g so

well

.

Wit

h

the

cras

h in

’08,

emp

loye

rs’

rate

s

beg

an

to

rise



203

dra

mat

icall

y.

No

w

they

sho

uld

begi

n to

dro

p,

just

as

dra

mat

icall

y.









L

a

b

o

r

204

R

el

a

ti

o

n

s

U

p

d

a

t

e

s



205

The

foll

owi

ng

are

som

e

maj

or

lega

l

deci

sion

s

whi

ch

imp

rove

the

righ

ts of

publ

ic

emp

loye

es.

If

YOU

hav

e a

que

stio

n

plea

se

call

206

asso

ciati

on

staff

at

(562

)

433-

698

3 or

cea

@ci

tye

mpl

oye

es.n

et.









Cou

rt

Com

pels

City

to

Con

duct

Disc

iplin

ary

Hea

207

ring;

Emp

loye

e

Not

Barr

ed

fro

m

App

eali

ng

Ter

min

atio

n

Bec

aus

e

She

Reti

red

The

City

of

Fres

no

has

been

orde

red

to

provi

de a

pre-

disci

plina

ry

208

heari

ng

for

an

empl

oyee

who

filed

the

appe

al of

her

term

inati

on

one

day

late.

The

empl

oyee

recei

ved

notic

e of

term

inati

on

for

alleg

edly

acce

ssing

polic

e

depa

rtme

nt

files

for

pers

209

onal

use

and

for

“ma

king

false

state

men

ts,”

whe

n

ques

tione

d

abou

t

this.

The

muni

cipal

code

requi

red

that

her

appe

al be

filed

withi

n 15

days

of

recei

ving

notic

e of

the

term

inati

on.

210

After

she

recei

ved

the

notic

e,

she

cont

acte

d her

unio

n

repr

esen

tativ

e,

but

he

did

not

resp

ond.

She

then

sche

dule

d an

appo

intm

ent

with

an

empl

oym

ent

law

attor

ney,

who

canc

211

elled

the

appo

intm

ent

at

the

last

minu

te.

She

finall

y

filed

the

appe

al

hers

elf –

one

day

late.



The

City

deni

ed

the

empl

oyee

’s

requ

est

for a

heari

ng,

on

grou

nds

that

her

212

requ

est

was

tardy

. She

then

soug

ht

legal

assis

tanc

e

and,

at

the

sam

e

time,

filed

for

retir

eme

nt.



The

Cour

t

foun

d in

favor

of

this

empl

oyee

and

advis

ed

the

City

that

it

213

must









214

allo









215

w for









216

“goo









217

d-

caus

e

exce

ption

s” in

their

admi

nistr

ative

proc

edur

es if

the

“fun

dam

ental

right

of

conti

nued

empl

oym

ent”

is at

issue

.

The

City

appe

aled,

argui









ng

that

218

the

empl

oyee

had

alrea

dy

retir

ed,

so

the

ques

tion

of

her

right

to a

heari

ng

was

moo

t.

The

Appe

als

Cour

t

uphe

ld

the

lowe

r

cour

t’s

decis

ion,

sayin

g

that

the

empl

oyee

219

’s

actio

n to

file

for

retir

eme

nt,

whil

e her

appe

al

was

pend

ing,

was

irrel

evan

t.

She

was

gran

ted a

heari

ng

befo

re

the

City’

s

Civil

Servi

ce

Com

missi

on …

and

provi

ded

back

pay

220

until

the

heari

ng

was

com

plete

d.



No

Priv

acy

in a

Rail

way

Cab

The

Los

Ange

les

Coun

ty

Supe

rior

Cour

t has

ruled

that

the

Rail

Auth

ority’

s use

of

audi

o

and

vide

o

moni

221

torin

g

equi

pme

nt in

train

cabs

is

perf

ectly

lawf

ul.

The

Engi

neer

s’

Unio

n,

and

one

indiv

idual

engi

neer,

sued

Metr

olink

,

argui

ng

that

the

use

of

such

moni

tors

was

an

invas

ion

222

of

the

engi

neer

s’

“reas

onab

le

expe

ctati

on of

priva

cy.”

The

Cour

t

uphe

ld

the

empl

oyer’

s

right

to

moni

tor:

ther

e is

no

“exp

ectat

ion

of

priva

cy”

in a

publi

cly-

own

ed



223

vehic

le.









Emp

loye

e

Wh

o

Fails

to

Prov

ide

Pro

of

of

Me

dica

l

Con

ditio

n

CAN

BE

Ter

min

ated

.

A

fede

ral

empl

224

oyee

appli

ed

for

the

posit

ion

of

direc

tor

of a

child

deve

lopm

ent

cent

er.

Whe

n

she

was

not

selec

ted

for

the

posit

ion,

she

filed

a

com

plain

t

with

the

EEO

C

(Equ

al

Empl

225

oym

ent

Opp

ortu

nity

Com

missi

on)

allegi

ng

racia

l

discr

imin

ation

.

Imm

ediat

ely

after

this,

she

requ

este

d

120

leav

e

days,

purs

uant

to

the

Fami

ly

Medi

cal

Leav

e Act

(FML

A).

226

The

requ

est

was

acco

mpa

nied

by a

lette

r

from

her

doct

or,

sayin

g

that

she

had

“pos

t-

trau

mati

c

stres

s

disor

der,”

need

ed

ther

apy,

bed

rest,

two

pres

cripti

on

medi

catio

ns

227

and

120

days

off

work

.



The

empl

oyee

’s

supe

rviso

r

told

her

that

the

docu

men

ts

were

insuf

ficie

nt,

and

requ

este

d

mor

e

infor

mati

on.

She

faile

d to

provi

de

addit

ional

228

infor

mati

on,

but

took

the

leav

e

any

way.

The

empl

oyer

term

inate

d

her,

for

bein

g

AWO

L

(abs

ent

with

out

leav

e.)



The

empl

oyee

sued

for

unla

wful

rem

oval

from

empl

oym

229

ent

in

viola

tion

of

the

FML

A.

The

Cour

t

foun

d in

favor

of

the

empl

oyer,

sayin

g

that

it did

have

the

right

to

ask

for

mor

e

medi

cal

infor

mati

on.

FML

A

medi

cal

certif

icati

230

on is

consi

dere

d

“suff

icien

t”

unde

r the

law

if it

state

s

“app

ropri

ate

medi

cal

facts

withi

n the

kno

wled

ge of

the

healt

h

care

provi

der

rega

rding

the

cond

ition.



The

Cour

t

said

that

231

this

empl

oyee

’s

certif

icati

on

was

inad

equa

te

beca

use

it did

not

expl

ain

why

she

was

unab

le to

perf

orm

her

dutie

s or

whet

her

addit

ional

treat

men

ts

woul

d be

requi

red

for

her

cond

232

ition.

The

empl

oyer

gave

the

empl

oyee

extra

time

to

resol

ve

this

“insu

fficie

ncy,”

but

she

neve

r

resp

onde

d.









“I’

M

SIC

K!

YO

U

ME

AN

233

TH

EY

CA

N

FIR

E

ME

?”



Her

e’s

a

hyp

oth

etic

al:

“I’m

havi

ng

surg

ery

and

will

be

off

the

job

for

five

mon

ths.

I’ve

filled

out

all

the

234

City’

s

Fami

ly

Med

ical

Leav

e Act

form

s,

but

they

say

this

will

only

cove

r me

for

12

wee

ks.

DOE

S

THIS

MEA

N

THA

T

THEY

CAN

FIRE

ME

after

12

wee

ks?”









235

Her

e’s

the

ans

wer

:

If the

only

law

prot

ectin

g

you

was

the

FML

A,

then

the

answ

er

coul

d be

yes.

How

ever,

if

you

have

a

medi

cal

cond

ition

236

whic

h

keep

s you

off

the

job

for

mor

e

than

thre

e

mon

ths,

othe

r

laws

com

e

into

play:



Wo

rke

rs

Co

mp

ens

atio

n

First,

if the

medi

cal

cond

ition

is at

all

237

work

-

relat

ed,

your

empl

oyer

will

want

to be

caref

ul

not

to be

accu

sed

of

discr

imin

ating

agai

nst

you

for

filing

a

work

er’s

com

pens

ation

clai

m.

For

this

reas

on, if

you

are

expe

cted

238

to

retur

n to

work

withi

n a

reas

onab

le

time

perio

d, it

is

unlik

ely

that

your

job

will

be

thre

aten

ed.

Ther

e’s a

psyc

holo

gical

com

pone

nt

here,

too:

empl

oyer

s

truly

feel

(and

ofte

n

239

belie

ve

they

are)

mor

e

resp

onsi

ble

for

the

empl

oyee

s

who

are

injur

ed

on

the

job,

than

thos

e

who

are

hurt

or

sick

due

to

non-

work

caus

es.



Fa

mil

y

Me

240

dic

al

Lea

ve

Act

Law

s

Seco

nd,

even

if

your

FML

A

time

runs

out,

you

are

prot

ecte

d by

the

ADA,

by

“Skel

ly”

Due

Proc

ess

and

by

PERS

law.

The

ADA

(Am

erica

ns

241

with

Disa

biliti

es

Act)

requi

res

your

empl

oyer

to

offer

to

cond

uct

an

“Inte

racti

ve

Mee

ting”

with

you,

befo

re

they

can

fire

you,

to

see

whet

her

you

can

perf

orm

you

job,

with

or

242

with

out

“acc

omm

odati

on.”

Acco

mmo

datio

n

coul

d be

part-

time

work

, or

work

ing

at a

desk,

or

with

out

bend

ing

and

liftin

g, or

at a

diffe

rent

job

entir

ely.

The

inter

activ

e

meet

ing

proc

243

ess is

supp

osed

to

expl

ore

thes

e

opti

ons.



Am

eric

ans

wit

h

Dis

abil

itie

s

Act

The

inter

activ

e

proc

ess

take

s

time

and

what

is

said

at

thes

e

meet

244

ings

is

impo

rtant

. If

your

goal

is to

get

the

City

to

wait

an

addit

ional

two

mon

ths,

until

your

doct

or

says

you

can

retur

n to

full

duty,

you

shou

ld

not

ignor

e the

City’

s

offer

to

cond

245

uct

an

inter

activ

e

meet

ing.

Also,

altho

ugh

the

City’

s

invit

ation

may

see

m

infor

mal,

your

job

may

be at

stak

e.

You

shou

ld

not

atte

nd

with

out a

repr

esen

tativ

e.



One

form

246

of

acco

mmo

datio

n

may

be

the

empl

oyer’

s

agre

eme

nt to

provi

de

som

e

addit

ional

leav

e of

abse

nce.

The

Chair

of

Calif

ornia

’s

EEO

C

(the

Equa

l

Empl

oym

ent

Opp

ortu

nity

247

Com

missi

on,

whic

h

recei

ves

clai

ms

of

viola

tion

of

the

ADA)

rece

ntly

state

d, “a

perio

d of

leav

e -

whet

her

for

medi

cal

treat

men

t,

reco

very,

or

train

ing

to

use

adap

tive

equi

248

pme

nt -

is

ofte

n the

reas

onab

le

acco

mmo

datio

n

that

per

mits

a

pers

on

with

a

disa

bility

to

rema

in

gainf

ully

empl

oyed

.”

Alth

ough

the

cour

ts

have

mad

e

clear

that

the

249

leav

e of

abse

nce

need

only

be

reas

onab

le,

and

not

indef

inite,

ther

e is

no

clear

defin

ition

of

“reas

onab

le.”

The

burd

en is

on

the

empl

oyer

to

esta

blish

a

busi

ness

nece

ssity

or

undu

250

e

hard

ship

as

the

reas

on it

can’t

provi

de a

lengt

hy

leav

e of

abse

nce.



You

r

“Sk

elly



Rig

hts

Third

,

empl

oyee

s in

Calif

ornia

can’t

be

term









251

inate

d

“for

disa

bility

reas

ons”

with

out

the

right

of

appe

al.

This

is

your

right

to a

“Skel

ly

heari

ng,”

whic

h

deriv

es

from

the

fact

that

your

job is

consi

dere

d a

“pro

pert

y

right



252

unde

r the

cons

tituti

on. If

your

empl

oyer

deci

des

that

it

can’t

acco

mmo

date

you

unde

r the

ADA,

it

must

send

you

a

notic

e of

term

inati

on

and

give

you

at

least

five

days

to

appe

al.

This

253

all

take

s

more

time,

and

at

the

heari

ng,

you

have

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

expl

ain

how

the

City

coul

d

have

acco

mmo

date

d

you,

or

how

it

has

acco

mmo

date

d

othe

r

peop

le

254

but

is

refus

ing

to

acco

mmo

date

you,

or

how

you

are

NO

W

fully

able

to

retur

n to

work

.



Reti

re

me

nt

Dis

abil

ity

Law

Final

ly, if

you

are

vest

ed in

PERS

, or

255

any

of

the

Coun

ty

retir

eme

nt

syste

ms,

and

are

unab

le to

retur

n to

work

due

to a

medi

cal

cond

ition,

the

City

is

oblig

ated

to

file

for

and

be

gran

ted

your

PERS

disa

bility

retir

eme

256

nt

BEF

ORE

they

can

com

plete

ly

term

inate

you.

If

you

disag

ree,

and

belie

ve

that

you

CAN

retur

n to

work

, or

that

the

City

is

failin

g to

prop

erly

acco

mmo

date

you,

you

CAN

appe

al to

257

PERS

not

to

gran

t the

disa

bility

retir

eme

nt.









Did You

Know

That You

Are An

“E

me

rge

ncy

Dis

ast

er

Ser

vic

e

Wo

rke

r”?





258

Und

er

Gov

ern

men

t

Code

3100

all

publi

c

empl

oyee

s in

Calif

orni

a are

consi

dere

d

“Em

erge

ncy

Disa

ster

Servi

ce

Wor

kers.



The

law

speci

ficall

y

says

that

“In

the

exer

259

cise

of

the

polic

e

pow

er of

the

state

, in

prot

ectio

n of

its

citiz

ens

and

reso

urce

s, all

publi

c

empl

oyee

s are

here

by

decl

ared

disas

ter

servi

ce

work

ers

subj

ect

to

such

disas

ter

260

servi

ce

activ

ities

as

may

be

assig

ned

to

the

m by

their

supe

riors

or by

law.





This

mea

ns

that

in

the

even

t of

natu

ral,

man

mad

e or

war-

caus

ed

eme

rgen

cies,

you

may

be

261

calle

d

upo

n to

serv

e the

need

s of

the

publi

c

BEF

ORE

you

serv

e the

need

s of

your

self

or

your

famil

y. It

mea

ns

that

your

man

age

men

t has

the

right

to

alter

your

job

assig

nme

nt

262

and

direc

t

your

activ

ities.

If

you

are

at

work

, you

can

be

com

pelle

d to

stay

at

work

until

you

are

relea

sed.

If

you

are

at

hom

e,

you

can

be

com

pelle

d to

com

e

into

work

263

, if it

is

safe

for

you

to

do

so.



Wha

t are

your

resp

onsi

biliti

es in

the

case

of

disas

ter?

Only

firefi

ghte

rs

and

polic

e

offic

ers

are

consi

dere

d

“fro

nt

line”

or

first

resp

onde

264

rs.

You

are

NOT

requ

ired

to

put

your

self

in

phys

ical

dang

er.

After

that,

how

ever,

you

are

requ

ired

to

do

what

ever

work

you

are

told

to

do.



All

publi

c

agen

cies

are



265

requ

ired

to

have

a

Disa

ster

Prep

ared

ness

Plan.

Und

er

the

Plan,

speci

fic

indiv

idual

s are

assig

ned

to

carry

out

speci

fic

duti

es,

in

acco

rdan

ce

with

their

train

ing.

If

you

have



266

not

been

direc

tly

invol

ved

in

the

train

ing

exer

cises

, it is

likel

y

that

your

job

class

does

n’t

invol

ve

work

that

woul

d be

consi

dere

d

esse

ntial

duri

ng a

disas

ter.

Non

ethel

ess,

be



267

advi

sed:

you

may

still

be

calle

d

upo

n to

serv

e as

an

Eme

rgen

cy

Disa

ster

Servi

ce

Wor

ker.









Q

ue

sti

on

268

s

&

An

sw

er

s

ab

ou

t

Yo

ur

Jo

b

Eac

h

mo

nth

we

rece

ive

doz

ens

of

que

stio

ns

abo

269

ut

you

r

righ

ts

on

the

job.

The

foll

owi

ng

are

som

e

GEN

ERA

L

ans

wer

s. If

you

hav

e a

wor

k-

rela

ted

pro

ble

m,

feel

free

to

talk

to

270

you

r

Boa

rd

Rep

or

Ass

ocia

tion

Staf

f at

(562

)

433-

698

3 or

cea

@ci

tye

mpl

oye

es.n

et.



Ques

tion:

Can

a

Supe

rviso

r

choo

se to

pay

for

over

time

271

in

the

form

of

pay

rath

er

than

com

p

time

?

Som

e of

us

pref

er to

be

paid

com

pens

ator

y

time

, but

our

supe

rviso

r

isn’t

givin

g us

the

choi

ce.



Ans

wer:

Yes,

a

supe

272

rviso

r can

infor

m an

empl

oyee

that

over

time

is

avail

able

for

pay

only

unles

s

your

MO

U

says

that

the

choic

e

belo

ngs

with

the

empl

oyee

. The

form

of

pay

men

t for

over

time

is a

nego

273

tiabl

e

subj

ect

as

long

as

it’s

paid

(in

com

plian

ce

with

fede

ral

law)

at

time

and

a

half.



Ques

tion:

I

have

a

subo

rdin

ate

who

clai

ms

she

is

aller

gic

to

the

food

274

s

that

we

brin

g in

to

shar

e

(birt

hday

s,

potl

ucks,

etc.).

I

advi

sed

her

that

she

shou

ld

not

eat

thes

e

food

s,

but

then

she

said

that

that

she

feels

“excl

uded

.” I

am

conc

275

erne

d

beca

use

she

brag

s

abou

t her

legal

victo

ries

whe

n

she

feel

discr

imin

ated

agai

nst.

Is

this

discr

imin

atio

n?



Ans

wer:

The

law

proh

ibits

discr

imin

ation

base

d on

race,

sex,

276

religi

on,

natio

nal

origi

n,

physi

cal

disa

bility

,

age,

and

sexu

al

orien

tatio

n. In

most

case

s, a

food

aller

gy

will

not

quali

fy as

a

physi

cal

disa

bility

. We

don’

t

think

that

bring

ing

food

277

to a

party

that

an

empl

oyee

can’t

eat

woul

d

meet

the

test

of

discr

imin

ation



parti

cular

ly as

eatin

g the

food

isn’t

man

dato









ry!



Ques

tion:

278

I

want

to

kno

w

whet

her

the

City

has

to

hold

up a

pro

moti

onal

exa

m

for

an

empl

oyee

who

is on

milit

ary

duty

. If

they

don’

t

hold

up

the

exa

m

(ver

bal

inter

view

s)

279

can

they

give

him

an

inter

view

,

with

a

diffe

rent

pane

l, on

a

later

date

? Do

they

have

to

wait

to

fill

the

posit

ion

until

he

has

his

inter

view

?



Ans

wer:

Und

er

Fede

ral

280

law,

empl

oyee

s

calle

d to

activ

e

duty

have

the

right

to

retur

n to

the

sam

e or

simil

ar

posit

ion

as

the

one

they

were

empl

oyed

in at

the

time

of

the

call

up.

The

servi

ce

pers

on’s

281

seni

ority

relat

ed

bene

fits

are

resto

red

upon

retur

ning

to

empl

oym

ent.

The

law

does

not

requ

ire

the

empl

oyer

to

hold

furth

er

adva

nce

men

t

oppo

rtuni

ties

open

until

the

servi

ce

282

pers

on’s

retur

n.

(Ho

wev

er,

the

milit

ary

has

purs

ued

such

adva

nce

men

ts in

tech

nolo

gy

that

it

may

be

possi

ble --

and

a

good

busi

ness

pract

ice --

to

rese

arch

vide

o

chat

(i.e.

283

Skyp

e) to

allo

w for

a

timel

y

inter

view

.



Ques

tion:

I’m

goin

g off

the

job

for 2

wee

ks

for a

mino

r

medi

cal

proc

edur

e. I

want

to

kno

w if

the

City

can

force

me

to

use

the

284

FML

A.



Ans

wer:

Yes,

the

Fami

ly

Medi

cal

Leav

e Act

allo

ws

for

the

empl

oyer

to

dete

rmin

e

that

the

type

of

leav

e

that

the

empl

oyee

is

requ

estin

g

does

quali

fy as





285

FML

A.



This

dete

rmin

ation

is

gene

rally

good

for

empl

oyee

s.

The

FML

A is a

“job

prot

ectio

n”

polic

y.

How

ever,

if

you

belie

ve

that

ther

e is

som

e

dow

nsid

e,

and

that

your

286

proc

edur

e

does

n’t

quali

fy

for

FML

A

cove

rage,

you

can

have

your

medi

cal

provi

der

fill

out

the

docu

men

tatio

n to

supp

ort

non-

FML

A

sick

leav

e

usag

e.



Ques

tion:

For

287

the

last

20

year

s

empl

oyee

s in

our

depa

rtme

nt

have

been

allo

wed

to

wear

shor

ts.

Now

, a

new

man

ager

is

tellin

g us

that

we

must

wear

long

pant

s. Is

ther

e

anyt

hing

we

can

288

do

abou

t

this?



Ans

wer:

Yes,

even

if the

pract

ice

of

wear

ing

short

s

isn’t

writt

en

dow

n,

after

20

year

s it

has

been

esta

blish

ed as

a

“pas

t

pract

ice”

and

cann

ot be

chan

ged

289

with

out

nego

tiatio

n

with

your

unio

n.

The

only

exce

ption

to

this

woul

d

occu

r if

wear

ing

short

s

was

speci

ficall

y

proh

ibite

d

eithe

r by

your

MO

U or

by

som

e

state

safet

y

290

proc

edur

e,

base

d on

your

job

dutie

s.



The

nego

tiatio

ns

on

this

subj

ect,

if the

City

is

ada

mant

abou

t

tryin

g to

mak

e the

chan

ge,

woul

d

inclu

de

discu

ssion

abou

t the

legiti

mate

291

busi

ness

need

of

the

empl

oyer

to

com

pel

empl

oyee

s to

wear

long

pant

s.



Ques

tion:

I was

talki

ng to

a co-

work

er

abou

t the

diffic

ulty

of

my

new

job,

and I

men

tion

ed

that

I was

reall

292

y

stres

sed

and

thin

king

abou

t

resig

ning.

The

next

day I

was

calle

d to

a

mee

ting

with

our

Hum

an

Reso

urce

s

Dire

ctor

who

hand

ed

me a

lette

r

send

ing

me

to a

MAN

DAT

ORY

293

medi

cal

exa

m.

Mus

t I

coop

erat

e

with

this?

I am

not

ill

and

belie

ve

this

is a

form

of

hara

ssme

nt.



Ans

wer:

In

orde

r to

send

you

for a

medi

cal

exa

m,

the

empl

oyer

must

294

sho

w

that

ther

e’s a

“nex

us”

(rela

tions

hip)

betw

een

an

appa

rent

medi

cal

cond

ition

and

the

esse

ntial

dutie

s of

your

job.

Your

com

plain

t

abou

t the

stres

s

coul

d be

such

nexu

s –

or it

295

migh

t

not.

It is

prob

ably

best

to

coop

erat

e

and

go to

the

exa

m, if

you

are

confi

dent

you

are

able

to

perf

orm

your

job.

If

you

refus

e,

you

CAN

requi

re

the

empl

oyer

to

provi

296

de

its

“evid

ence

” of

your

perf

orm

ance

prob

lems

– but

this

will,

most

certa

inly

exac

erba

te

the

stres

s.



At a

later

date,

you

migh

t

consi

der a

hara

ssme

nt

com

plain

t.

Send

ing

you

297

for

an

unne

cess

ary

exa

m

may

be a

form

of

hara

ssme









nt.



Ques

tion:

I am

bein

g

laid

off

and

my

last

day

of

work

will

be

Thur

298

sday

. I

thou

ght

the

City

had

to

give

me

my

payc

heck

imm

ediat

ely

or at

least

withi

n 72

hour

s.

This

is

what

the

Labo

r

Code

says.

Payr

oll is

tellin

g me

that

won’

t

have

my

chec

k till

299

the

end

of

the

pay

peri

od.

Wha

t can

I do?



Ans

wer:

Unfo

rtun

ately

,

publi

c

agen

cies

are

exe

mpt

from

this

labor

code

secti

on.

They

MAY

wait

until

the

end

of

the

pay

perio

d.

300

Ques

tion:

I

gave

the

City

the

form

my

asso

ciati

on

prov

ided

to us

rega

rdin

g

“desi

gnati

on

of

doct

or”

in

case

of

work

-

relat

ed

injur

y,

but

the

City

says

they

will

not

acce

301

pt

this

form

. I

want

to

pre-

desi

gnat

e my

doct

or!

Wha

t

shou

ld I

do?



ANS

WER

:

Your

empl

oyer

is

not

only

requi

red

to

allo

w

you

to

pre-

desig

nate

your

doct

or,

they

302

are

requi

red

to

post

infor

mati

on

abou

t

your

work

ers’

com

pens

ation

right

s,

inclu

ding

the

right

to

pre-

desig

nate.

If

your

empl

oyer

didn’

t

post

the

requi

red

infor

mati

on

and/

or

303

does

n’t

tell

you

abou

t

your

right

to

pre-

desig

nate

your

physi

cian,

you

can

see a

doct

or of

your

choic

e

imm

ediat

ely

after

you

suffe

r a

work

-

relat

ed

illnes

s or

injur

y.



How

ever,

304

no

one

want

s to

have

an

argu

men

t

abou

t

doct

ors

AFTE

R the

injur

y has

occu

rred,

so

we

sugg

est

that

you

call

your

Boar

d rep

or

Asso

ciati

on

staff

now.

We

will

strai

ghte

n the

prob

305

lem

out.

The

law

does

not

esta

blish

what

kind

of

form

you

use

to

notif

y the

City

abou

t

your

choic

e of

doct

or.

Nor

does

the

law

requi

re

that

the

doct

or

sign

the

form







306

Ques

tion:

I was

false

ly

accu

sed

of

doin

g

som

ethi

ng

crimi

nal

on

job. I

went

thro

ugh

a

cour

t

trial

and

spen

t

$9,0

00

on a

lawy

er. I

aske

d

the

City

to

prov

ide a

lawy

er

307

for

me

and/

or to

pay

for

mine

, but

my

supe

rviso

r

said

they

didn’

t do

that

sort

of

thing

. I

was

foun

d

com

plete

ly

inno

cent,

and

neve

r

woul

d

have

been

put

thro

ugh

this

if I

308

were

n’t a

publi

c

empl

oyee

.

Shou

ldn’t

the

City

have

defe

nded

me?



ANS

WER

:

Calif

ornia

Labo

r

Code

Secti

on

2802

requi

res

empl

oyer

s to

reim

burs

e

empl

oyee

s for

legal

defe

nse

309

costs

relat

ed to

perf

ormi

ng

their

job

dutie

s. In

orde

r

word

s, if

you

are

perf

ormi

ng

your

job

dutie

s

and

are

char

ged

with

a

crim

e or

sued

by a

citize

n,

the

empl

oyer

is

oblig

ated

310

to

“ind

emni

fy”

you

and

pay

for

your

defe

nse

costs

.



How

ever,

the

law

has

been

modi

fied

since

1995

,

maki

ng it

possi

ble

for

empl

oyer

s to

avoi

d

reim

burs

eme

nt if

they

can

311

argu

e

that

the

alleg

ed

crimi

nal

activ

ity

was

“out

side

the

scop

e of

empl

oym

ent.”

This

usua

lly

invol

ves

char

ges

of

viole

nce

and/

or

sexu

al

activ

ity.

This

does

not

mea

n

that

312

the

empl

oyer

can

avoi

d all

resp

onsi

bility

for

defe

ndin

g

empl

oyee

’s

accu

sed

of

such

activ

ities.

It

just

mea

ns

that

ther

e is

no

blan

ket

answ

er to

your

ques

tion;

each

case

is

“fact

313

speci

fic.”



In

your

case,

since

you

were

foun

d

inno

cent,

it

see

ms

extre

mely

likely

that

your

empl

oyer

was

oblig

ated

to

defe

nd

you.

We

sugg

est

you

file a

griev

ance

to

seek

reim

burs

314

eme

nt.

Feel

free

to

call

staff

for

help











Le

ag

ue

of

Cal

ifo

rni

a

Cit

ies

Fil

es

315

Sui

t

Ov

er

Sta

te

“S

eiz

ur

e”

of

Cit

ies



Re

de

vel

op

me

nt

Fu

nd

s

The

Leag

ue



316

of

Calif

orni

a

Citie

s

and

the

citie

s of

San

Jose

and

Uni

on

City

hav

e

filed

a

peti

tion

with

the

Stat

e

Supr

eme

Cou

rt

chal

leng

ing

the

cons

titut

317

iona

lity

of

two

rede

velo

pme

nt

bills

whi

ch

wer

e

pass

ed

as

part

of

the

Stat

e

bud

get

in

June

.

The

laws

uit

clai

ms

the

Stat

e’s

acti

on

318

viol

ates

Pro

posi

tion

22,

whi

ch

“co

nclu

sivel

y

and

com

plet

ely

pro

hibit

s

the

Stat

e

seizi

ng,

dive

rtin

g,

shift

ing,

borr

owi

ng,

tran

sfer

ring,

susp

319

endi

ng,

or

oth

erwi

se

taki

ng

or

inte

rferi

ng

with



mon

eys

desi

gnat

ed

for

loca

l

gov

ern

men

t.

Pro

p 22

was

the

cons

titut

iona

l

ame

ndm

320

ent

pass

ed

by

61%

of

Calif

orni

a

vote

rs in

Nov

emb

er

201

0.

The

laws

uit

also

asks

the

Cou

rt to

issu

e a

stay

to

prev

ent

the

legis

latio

n

fro

m

321

goin

g

into

effe

ct

until

the

Cou

rt

can

rule

on

the

meri

ts of

the

case

.

The

Leag

ue

mai

ntai

ns

that

the

reve

nue

s

prot

ecte

d by

Pro

posi

tion

322

22

spec

ifica

lly

incl

ude

pro

pert

y

taxe

s

whi

ch

wer

e

allo

cate

d to

Calif

orni

a’s

400

rede

velo

pme

nt

age

ncie

s.

Unl

ess

the

new

law

is

nulli

323

fied,

the

chal

leng

ers

asse

rt,

hun

dre

ds

of

tho

usa

nds

of

jobs

may

be

lost

and

hun

dre

ds

of

com

mun

ities

will

be

left

with

out

revit

aliza

tion

fun

324

ds –

furt

her

addi

ng

to

the

eco

nom

ic

decl

ine.

The

peti

tion

asks

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt to

mak

e an

initi

al

rulin

g on

the

req

uest

for

stay

by

Aug



325

ust

15.









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